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Old Jun 3, 2008 | 10:17 PM
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ok what motor oil do you perfer to use in your 4.6 stang?i tried using motorcraft synthetic and it doesnt work very well for me.
Old Jun 3, 2008 | 10:47 PM
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ok what motor oil do you perfer to use in your 4.6 stang?i tried using motorcraft synthetic and it doesnt work very well for me.
hmm why doesn't it work very well for you? I usually use motorcraft or castrol 5w 20.
Old Jun 3, 2008 | 10:50 PM
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I was wondering the same thing. How could it not work very well for you? I use Mobile 1.
Old Jun 3, 2008 | 10:54 PM
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what i ment was the person that had the car before me always used royal purple but i could not aford it when i changed it last and my motor doesnt run as good.and also runs a little hoter.
Old Jun 3, 2008 | 11:18 PM
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Castrol Syntec is what i use.........Hell, it's good enough for John Force so why can't i run it.
Old Jun 4, 2008 | 01:06 PM
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Castrol Syntec is what i use.........Hell, it's good enough for John Force so why can't i run it.
b/c you dont have the worlds fastest mustang

i perfer Mobil 1 5w-30 Full synthetic
Old Jun 4, 2008 | 07:36 PM
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I use mobil 1 5w-20. I would think you should be fine as long as you have a good synthetic oil and stick with 5w-20.
Old Jun 4, 2008 | 07:51 PM
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Add another for mobil 1
Old Jun 4, 2008 | 08:01 PM
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I like castrol syntec also
Old Jun 4, 2008 | 08:42 PM
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mobil 1 5w 30



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